163:{{Major French Cities |native_name = Ville de Paris |common_name = Paris |image_flag = Paris flag.png |image_flag_size = 85px |image_coat_of_arms = Paris coa.png |image_coat_of_arms_size = 120px |flag_legend = City flag |Coat_of_arms_legend = City coat of arms |city_motto = '']''<br><small> "Tossed by the waves, she does not founder"</small> |image_map = France_jms.gif |x = 125 |y = 65 |time zone = CET <small>(GMT +1)</small> |lat_long = {{coord|48|52|0|N|2|19|59|E|type:city}} |region = ] |departement = Paris (75) |mayor = ] (]) |area = <!-- later use ]<br> -->] <ref name="area"> Excluding ] and ]</ref> |subdivisions_entry = ''']s''' |subdivisions = ] |date-population =2004 estimate |population = 2,144,700 |population-ranking=<br />(1st in France) |date-density = 2004 |density = 24,672/km² <ref name="area" /> |UU-area = ] |UU-area-date = 1999 |UU-pop = 9 644 507 |UU-pop-date =1999 |AU-area = ] |AU-area-date = 1999 |AU-pop = 11,174,743 |AU-pop-date =1999 |}}
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2616:" law (imposed position defining a predetermined street width) on many new constructions. A building's height was also defined according to the width of the street it lines, and Paris' building code has seen few changes since the mid-19th century to allow for higher constructions. It is for this reason, save for a few 'pointed' examples, that Paris seems an essentially flat city when compared to some of the world's other metropoles.
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2623:(or "museumification") as, at the same time as they strive to preserve Paris' historical past, existing laws make it difficult to create within city limits the larger buildings and utilities needed for a growing population. Many of Paris' institutions and economic infrastructure are already located in, or are planning on moving to, the suburbs. The financial (
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of many inner quarters and the transformation of living space into offices, although not on the scale seen in some
Western cities. These tendencies are generally seen as negative for the city, and the current city administration is trying to reverse them with some success, as the population estimate
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has needed complete renovation. The entire Paris network of sewers and collectors is been managed since the late 20th century by a computerised network system, known under the acronym "G.A.AS.PAR", that controls all of Paris' water distribution, even the flow of the river Seine through the capital.
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Paris in its early history had only the Seine and Bièvre rivers for water. Later forms of irrigation were: a first-century Roman aqueduct from southerly
Wissous (later left to ruin); sources from the Right bank hills from the late 11th century; from the 15th-century an aqueduct built roughly along
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oversaw the construction of a series of new aqueducts that would bring sources from distant locations to resevoirs built in the highest points of the
Capital. The new sources became Paris' principal source of drinking water, and the remains of the old system, pumped into lower levels of the same
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Paris' culinary reputation has its base in the many origins of its inhabitants. With the early-19th-century railways and ensuing industrial revolution came a flood of migration that brought with it all the gastronomical diversity of France's many different regions, and maintained through 'local
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Paris had always been a destination for traders, students and those on religious pilgrimages, but the 'tourism' we know today didn't appear until rapid means of travel became widely accessible to the greater public, namely the invention of the steam engine and the organisation of France's rail
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Paris' existing inner-city cemeteries were to its outskirts upon their 1804 creation. Many of Paris' churches had thier own parish cemeteries, but these by the late 18th century contributed to making living conditions quite unsanitary in an ever-growing
Capital. Abolished from 1786, all parish
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Rainfall can occur at any time of the year, and Paris is known for its sudden showers. The city sees an average yearly precipitation of around 641.6 mm (25.2 inches). Snowfall is a rare occurrence, usually appearing in the coldest months of
January or February (but has been recorded as late as
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cabaret-dancehall is an example: over the years its owners have stripped it of everything formerly attractive to
Parisians, such as its ballrooms and gardens, in a transformation into a dinner-theatre showing, as a staged spectacle, but a single choreographed element of Paris' former "cabaret
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one year earlier. The cafés in the gardens of the latter locale became a quite popular through the 18th-century, and can be considered Paris' first "terrace cafés"; these would not become widespread until sidewalks and boulevards began to appear from the mid-19th century. Cafés are an almost
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region, and "Aux
Lyonnais" is another with a traditional fare originating from its city name's region. Of course migration from even more distant climes meant an even greater culinary diversity, and today, in addition to a great number of North African and Asian establishments, one can find
1999:. Paris' administrative borders have little consequences on the limits of its economical activity: although most workers commute from the suburbs to work in the city, many commute from the city to work in the suburbs. At the 1999 census 47.5% of the 5,089,170 people in employment in the
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network, with 380 stations connected by 221.6km of rails. Because of the short distance between stations on the metro network, lines were too slow to be extended further in the suburbs as it's the case in most other cities. As such, an additional express network, known as the
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Although Paris today has once again grown to surround all its former extra-muros cemeteries, these have become all-too-rare and much-appreciated oasises of quiet, greenery and sculpture in a thriving city. Many of Paris's illustrious historical figures have found rest in
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have gradually become ghettos for immigrants and oases of unemployment. The widening social gap between these disadvantaged suburbs and the wealthier suburbs (especially the western ones) have led to periodic unrest since the mid-1980s, such as the
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Paris' museums and monuments are by far its highest-esteemed attractions, and tourist interest has been nothing but a benefit to these; tourist interest has even motivated both city and State to create new ones. The city's most prized museum, the
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brought Paris the greatest development in its history. From the 1840s, rail transport allowed an unprecedented flow of migrants into Paris attracted by employment in the new industries in the suburbs. The city underwent a massive renovation under
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of €448,933 billion (US$ 506.7 billion) In 2003, the Paris region is an engine of the global economy: if it were a country, it would rank as the fifteenth largest economy in the world . In 2004, the Paris region's GDP was about 29% that of
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of 885-886. The Counts of Paris continued to defend France against Viking attack in the ninth century, but the
Vikings irreparably damaged the old Roman city on the Left Bank. Nearby marshlands were drained to allow Paris to grow on the
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in north-central France, Paris hosts a rich array of museums, galleries, and nightlife and is the most visited city in the world, with more than 30 million visitors per year. The most recognisable symbol of Paris is the 324 metre
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Theatre traditionally has had a large place in
Parisian culture. This still holds true today, although, perhaps strangely, many of its foremost actors today are also stars of French television. A few of Paris' major theatres are
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Although Paris' history is long, that of its municipal government has less than half a century: Paris and its surrounding territories were always governed directly by the highest power of the time: this was the Crown before the
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and was an attraction in itself for visitors from the world over. Paris's World's Fair years also consolidated its position in the tourist industry and as an attractive setting for international technology and trade shows.
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Parisians tend to share the same movie-going trends as many of the world's global cities, that is to say with a dominance of
Hollywood-generated film entertainment. French cinema comes a close second, with major directors
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Paris' most sparsely populated quarters are its office and administration-charged arrondissements located in its Western and Central portions. The city is at its densest in its northern and eastern arrondissements; its
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for some operations such as fire protection or rescue operations, and is still directed by France's national government. Paris has no municipal police force, although it does have its own brigade of traffic wardens.
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was traditionally assumed to be the location of the settlement, but this theory has been recently brought into question: archeological digs have uncovered signs a Rive droite dwelling on the banks of the river near
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began providing Paris with water from less polluted rivers away from the Capital. Paris would only have its first constant and plentiful source of drinkable water from the late 19th-century: from 1857, under
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Paris has over 2,400 km of underground passageways dedicated to the evacuation of Paris' liquid wastes. Most of these even today date from the late 19th century, a result of the combined plans of the
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2126:. At the 1790 division of France into communes, Paris was a city only half its modern size, but from 1860 it annexed bordering communes, some entirely, to create the new administrative map of twenty
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is France's leading centre of economical activity. Its activity is extremely diverse, but is in its majority specialises in the service industries, finance, tourism and manufacturing. With a
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doubled the area of the city to 78 km² (30.1 mi²) by annexing the land within the city's ring of fortifications (now the 13th through 20th arrondissements). Several former suburbs such as
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had a density of 40,672/km² (105,339/sq. mile) in 1999, and some of the same arrondissement's eastern quarters showed densities close to 100,000/km² (260,000/sq. mile) the same year.
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dynasty (9th century), it was little more than a feudal county stronghold. The Counts of Paris gradually rose to prominence and eventually wielded greater power than the Kings of
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shows a rate of growth double that of the 1990s (the population growth rate of Île-de-France was 0.62% per year between 1999 and 2005 vs. 0.31% per year between 1990 and 1999.
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expressway circling around the city. Many inner suburbs of Paris (especially the eastern ones) have experienced de-industrialisation since the 1970s, and the once-thriving
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epidemics in 1832 and 1849 affected the population of Paris (the 1832 epidemic alone claimed 20,000 of the then population of 650,000. Paris also suffered greatly from the
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Paris was famed for its cultural and artistic communities and its nightlife. The city became a melting pot of artists from around the world, from exiled Russian composer
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to improve the then very unsanitary conditions in the Capital. Maintained by a round-the-clock service since their construction, only a small percentage of Paris' sewer
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period, many of Paris' once-cultural establishments have been transformed by their owners into a form catering to the tastes and expectations of tourist capital. The
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Many of Paris' concert/dance halls were transformed into movie theatres when the media became popular from the 1930's. Paris' most well-known "movie quarter" was its
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is a line of monuments, buildings and thoroughfares that run in a roughly straight line from the city centre westwards: the line of monuments begins with the
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industry (14.0% of the total manufacturing workforce), with the remaining 68.1% of the manufacturing workforce distributed among many other industries. The
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would expand and prosper over the following centuries. The collapse of the Roman empire and third-century Germanic invasions caused a period of decline: by
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culture" atmosphere. An over-dependance on the tourism trade has also affected Paris' hotel and restaurant trades, and not always with positive restults.
1954:, although its population was 18.7% of the same region. In 2002, according to Eurostat, the Paris region's GDP was 4.5% of the total GDP of the 25
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reservoirs, were from then dedicated to the cleaning of Paris' streets. This system is still a major part of Paris' modern water supply network.
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and tourist related services, employ 4.7% of the total workforce of Île-de-France (in 1999), and 7% of the total workforce of the city of Paris.
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as well as its role as a major international influence in fashion, gastronomy and the arts. It is widely regarded as one of the world's major
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liberated the city in late August 1944. The city suffered almost no war damage partly due to the refusal of the German military commander,
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speciality' restaurants catering to the tastes of people from all. "Chez Jenny" is a typical example of a restaurant specialising in the
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Paris' unchanging borders, strict building codes and lack of developable land have together contributed in creating a phenomenon called
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1890:. As of 1999, 4.2% of those living within the Paris region were recent immigrants (post-1990 census arrivals) in their majority from
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Few of the above changes have taken into account Paris' existence as an agglomeration. Unlike many of France's major cities such as
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1016:. On the death of Clovis, the Frankish kingdom was divided with Paris as the capital of a much smaller kingdom. By the time of the
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départements were attributed the numbers 92, 93 and 94 respectively. The result of this division is that today Paris' limits as a
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but the tower was never dismantled and is now an enduring symbol of Paris. It is visible from many parts of the city as are the
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cemeteries were excavated their contents taken to abandoned limestone mines outside the southern gates of then Paris, today the
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is one of few Parisian clubs still holding jazz concerts, but the same also specialises in 'Indy' music. More recently, the
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varies each year, the final stage always finishes in Paris and since 1975, the race has finished on the Champs-Elysées.
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From the 5th of July 1972, as part of a nation-wide administrative effort to consolidate regional economies, Paris as a
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were the backbone of Parisian entertainment before the mid-20th century. Early to mid-19th century examples were the
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and election of a Mayor of Paris, has found a new role in governing the economical affairs and urban planning of the
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The City of Paris is much smaller than the urban agglomeration that is associated with it. At present, the city's
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of July 2004 shows a population increase for the first time since 1954 reaching a total of 2,144,700 inhabitants.
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dancehalls-gardens. Popular orchestral fare gave way to the Parisian accordionists of lore whose music moved the
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the city still has today. These municipal subdivisions describe a clockwise spiral outward from its most central
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The Paris region is one of the most multi-cultural in Europe, with 19.4% of its total population born outside of
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The population of the whole Paris agglomeration has been growing steadily since the end of the late 16th-century
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Paris created new suburban cemeteries for its defunct from the early 20th century: the largest of these are the
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is a home to the capital's densest concentration of both department stores and offices. A few examples are the
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Cafés quickly became an integral part of French culture from their appearance, namely from the opening of the
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which is the heart and origin of the city. Paris has several prominent hills, of which the highest is
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business district places Paris' economical centre to the west of the city, in a triangle between the
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were incorporated at that time. The city limits changed marginally in 1920's reaching 86.9 km². In
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obligatory stop on the way to or from work for many Parisians, and especially during lunchtime.
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found their fame in Paris concert halls: legendary yet still-showing examples of these are the
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The City of Paris is the most densely populated area in the western world after the island of
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plans are in many cases still actual, as the city of Paris imposes the then-defined "
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which follows the approximate path of 19th-century fortifications around Paris, the
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In the post-war era, Paris experienced its largest development since the end of the
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scholastic centre formerly stretching between the Left Bank's Place Maubert and the
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as an example. European and Asian films are also widely shown and appreciated.
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from 1968 was split into four: Paris retained the Seine
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and wholesale trade), 12.3% in manufacturing, 10.0% in
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of Paris is 195 metres (640 ft) above sea level in the
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produce more than a quarter of France's wealth, with a
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Paris is located on a north-bending arc of the river
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3307:Many of France's greatest musical legends such as
2790:, which used to belong to a château built for the
1362:. In June 1940, five weeks after the start of the
4964:Syndicat des Transports d'Ile-de-France, (STIF).
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3276:Paris' largest Opera houses are the 19th-century
2007:, while only 31.5% worked exclusively in Paris.
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4676:. Paris: C. Klincksieck. ISBN : 2051002088.
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2416:Charles de Gaulle International Airport
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2068:sector, the largest employers were the
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312:(Paris Region) are known officially as
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532:'s tomb lies under the golden dome at
149:, the international symbol of the city
5054:Hillairet, Jacques (April 22, 2005).
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3204:. Lastly, art and artifacts from the
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2187:are exactly those of its limits as a
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28:User:Equendil/Paris3 (disambiguation)
4966:""Le web des voyageurs franciliens""
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4888:"Regional GDP in the EU25, Eurostat"
3681:Olympic Games and was venue for the
2843:. The latter are known today as the
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1462:Demographics within the Paris Region
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3641:Paris's main sports clubs are the
3186:artistic community of Montparnasse
3119:and is based in the centre of the
2960:Three of the most famous Parisian
2766:List of parks and gardens in Paris
2598:mid-19th-century urban remodelling
1090:, allied to the English. Although
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520:View from the Montparnasse Tower (
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5103:Official Paris Tourism Website
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4788:INSEE, Government of France.
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4588:INSEE, Government of France.
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3484:Cafés, Restaurants and Hotels
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1008:, who commissioned the first
443:Paris is divided into twenty
407:. The Paris agglomeration or
3727:final at Stade de France on
3202:Musée National d'Art Moderne
2542:motorway, also known as the
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2367:The arrondissements of Paris
1822:occupies three neighbouring
643:Avg low temperature °C (°F)
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3066:prison held some prominent
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4989:""Les égouts parisiennes""
4740:Online edition, Le Monde.
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2129:municipal arrondissements
2122:(municipality) since the
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1336:First Battle of the Marne
1310:Exposition Internationale
1281:1900 Universal Exposition
1273:1889 Universal Exposition
487:, and is affected by the
485:marine west coast climate
5126:European City of Culture
4543:, Government of France.
3589:Expositions Universelles
3544:opened its doors on the
3530:Expositions Universelles
3223:The Lady and the Unicorn
3184:respectively, while the
3144:List of museums in Paris
3084:on the Seine and in the
2814:, formerly known as the
2223:, and a state-appointed
2201:conseil d'arrondissement
2112:Arrondissements of Paris
1180:Storming of the Bastille
1156:Storming of the Bastille
941:conquered the region in
4672:Georges Dottin (1920).
3669:was built for the 1998
3400:faubourg du Temple and
3370:Dancehalls/Discotheques
3194:Centre Georges Pompidou
2946:Monuments and landmarks
2857:Cimetière de Montmartre
2727:and the civil engineer
2567:One of the most recent
2001:Paris metropolitan area
1854:French Wars of Religion
1810:The Paris agglomeration
1364:German attack on France
1108:French Wars of Religion
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5095:Official Paris Website
4838:;French Census of 1999
4484:"Paris (city, France)"
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2588:Urbanism/Architecture
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1438:Demographics of Paris
1350:and Spanish painters
1292:
1261:Universal Expositions
1208:Industrial Revolution
1182:by a Parisian mob on
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956:Sainte Geneviève Hill
852:Faubourg Saint-Honoré
519:
505:the cold wave of 2006
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5162:48.86667°N 2.33306°E
5108:Google Maps of Paris
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3725:2007 Rugby World Cup
3723:Paris will host the
3601:Notre-Dame cathedral
3546:place de la Concorde
3382:Moulin de la Galette
3342:The below-mentioned
2994:Universal Exposition
2778:on the banks of the
2687:Water and sanitation
2494:, line T2 runs from
2265:Préfécture de Police
2145:(capital) of a vast
1376:General von Choltitz
1294:The Trocadéro Palace
1212:French Second Empire
1022:Francia occidentalis
753:Place de la Concorde
735:Place de la Concorde
719:Place de la Bastille
489:North Atlantic Drift
44:and largest city of
26:For other uses, see
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3655:Paris Basket Racing
3647:Paris Saint-Germain
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3348:New Morning
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1332:World War I
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3729:20 October
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3651:basketball
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2078:publishing
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1985:La Défense
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